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    The "soul" is simply a consolation to people

    The "soul" is simply a consolation to people, because if you say to them that meditation will end up in nothingness... In a million, perhaps one person will become interested in meditation. And if you tell them, "All your effort will come to a vast nothingness," you will frighten them. You will create a question in their minds: "Then what is the purpose? We a...
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    on Jiddu Krishnamurti refusal for Maitreya Descent

    Question 2 I Bow down to those who have destroyed all enemies. I Bow down to those who have achieved liberation. I Bow down to those who are the religious preceptors. I Bow down to those who are the priests. I Bow down to all the religious aspirants. It has five divisions. On each division there is an invocation which becomes deeper and deeper. Ordinarily, pe...
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    The soul is always individual; mind is always group.

    The soul is always individual; mind is always group. Any mind, watch carefully, and you will find it belongs to some group. If you believe in God, that means you belong to a certain group which believes in God; they have given the idea, the conditioning, to you. What are your beliefs? From where do they come? They come from the social mind -- from the church,...
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    What is it that you call atman, soul?

    Question 1 What is it that you call atman, soul? Is this soul consciousness itself or is it something individual? Really, no matter what we call it, we will miss it. Any conceptualization is going to miss the real – any conceptualization – so whatever has been known as the self, the soul, the atman, is not the real thing. It cannot be. All those who have defi...
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    The soul is pure light.

    Just watch light and you will understand. One candle or one thousand candles in a small room -- do you think there will be great chaos? One thousand candles? -- where will they find the space? Light does not need space. I am answering this question, not for your sake, I am answering this question for my people to understand that the soul is pure light. That's...
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    The Body, the Mind, the Soul

    In the East we have a totally different approach. You cannot think such a phenomenon with a Gautam Buddha or with an Upanishadic seer, because the whole approach is of being more and more conscious. One has to be a flame of consciousness, one has to be alert and aware. On one hand is Immanuel Kant, on other hand is Gautam Buddha. His chief disciple Ananda, wh...
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    The four dimensions of man.

    JESUS SAID UNTO HIS DISCIPLES: KINGDOM OF HEAVEN; BUT HE THAT DOETH THE WILL OF MY FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN. THY NAME? AND IN THY NAME HAVE CAST OUT DEVILS? AND IN THY NAME DONE MANY WONDERFUL WORKS? THAT WORK INIQUITY. WILL LIKEN HIM UNTO A WISE MAN, WHICH BUILT HIS HOUSE UPON A ROCK: BEAT UPON THAT HOUSE; AND IT FELL NOT: FOR IT WAS FOUNDED UPON A ROCK. SH...
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    Nothing is Created

    Nothing is Created Question 1 : Were all souls created together, as Paul Brunton theorizes, or were they created at separate stages? Is this difference – the difference in their stages – due to their own choice or is it their destiny? What degree of choice do we have as far as reincarnation is concerned? Before I can answer this question, two or three things ...
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    What happens to Souls in Bodyless State

    Osho on State of Souls in Bodiless State Question : Osho, you have told us what happens to the Soul during that timeless interval between two Births. But some points remain unresolved, regarding the Bodiless Soul: in that bodiless state, does the Soul remain stationary or can it move about? And how does it recognize other Souls? In that state, is there any po...
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    Gurdjieff’s whole work consisted of separating the consciousness from the body

    The Ultimate in Consciousness Question 1 Beloved Osho, What happened to Gurdjieff when he had his car accident? The system of George Gurdjieff is a little bit strange, and it is certainly different from all other, old approaches. His whole work was concentrated on creating an absolute feeling of distinction between the body and consciousness – not just as a p...
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